On 01/24/2014 10:46 PM, James wrote: > Hello, > > Well, I took the plunge and put LXDE and openbox on a FX-8350 > with 32 gig of ram. KDE was just too much of a pig and I got > tired of spending hours and hours of researching what had changes....ymmv. > > So I'm lov'n LXDE _ openbox, although I do have to go out and > parse the scant documentation available. So I'll just post what > I want. I set up my desktop manually, just the way I like it. > I basically have 2 problems. > > 1. All of the software I install, only a few things are picked up > by openbox into the menu and submenus. Is there a simple app > I can add and run to pick up all of those apps into the openbox > menu? What I have read seems confusing, as there are menu files > all over the user and /etc/xdg dir structures? Advise? > >
I recommend x11-misc/obmenugen but there are others like x11-misc/openbox-menu as well > 2. In the ~/.config/lxsessions/LXDE/autostart file, I have: > > @lxpanel --profile LXDE > @pcmanfm --desktop --profile LXDE > @xscreensaver -no-splash > seamonkey > thunderbird > @lxterminal > > > I have 4 differnt lxterminal sessions, each with 6 windows. I do not > see how this single line "lxtermial" can remember all 4 window locations > and the 6 tabs under each window; so how do I config this so > ti all comes up on logout/login or and reboots? > > > James > > > You might want to have a look at x11-terms/terminator which lets you configure complex terminal profiles. also mind the <applications> settings in openbox rc.xml where you can define how and where new windows are placed
